- Edited by Emma Caspar, Judith Siers-Poisson, and James T. Spartz
- June 2021
- Focus-on-Poverty-371
- Link to Focus-on-Poverty-37-1 (PDF)
- Link to Focus-on-Poverty-Classroom-Supplement-37-1 (PDF)
The three articles in this issue draw from papers published in volume 686 of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. This volume focused on entitlement reform and was published in December 2019. We thank volume editors and IRP affiliates Robert Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University and James Ziliak of University of Kentucky for working with us to identify topics for this issue of Focus on Poverty (formerly Focus).
Modernizing the Unemployment Insurance system to better respond to economic downturns, by
Till von Wachter
Reforming housing assistance to better respond to recipient needs, by Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Jens Ludwig
Options to improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), by Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Categories
Child Poverty, Children, Economic Support, Employment, Financial Security, Food & Nutrition, Food Assistance, Food Insecurity, Health, Health General, Homelessness, Housing, Housing Assistance, Housing Market, Labor Market, Low-Wage Work, Means-Tested Programs, Place, Place General, Poverty Measurement, Poverty Measurement General, Social Insurance Programs, Unemployment/Nonemployment
Tags
COVID-19, Great Recession, Housing Vouchers/Section 8, National, Public Housing, Race/Ethnicity, School Meal Programs, SNAP/Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance (UI)